it kind of depends on your troops set up most troops have a 6 month o 1 year time frame of p.o.s., our troop does not allow the spl to run more than 1 time in a row, it is to the boys advantage to learn more than 1 position

The Assistant Patrol Leader is an appointed position, appointed by the Patrol Leader. The Assistant Patrol Leader has no more power than any other non-Patrol Leader. .The Assistant Patrol Assistant has little or no power. He only stands in till the Patrol Leader arrives.

Of course you may. If you are a good QM, and the SM wants you to continue, you may do so. The same thing with other positions. Not all troops have 40 -75 Scouts, so sometimes Leadership positions are difficult to make changes in.

What are the duties of a Troop Quartermaster? We have a youth that is the quartermaster and he thinks his duty is to dictate what our meals will be at a camp out. To me a Quartermaster is a youth that knows what equipment the troop has, what condition these items are in, and where the equipment is located in our Troop Trailer or Scout Hut. And my idea is the meal planning and purchasing is the patrol function, deciding what the menu is for the weekend camp out, making compromises for food that some members have food allergies for or just don’t like. And then the patrol decides who will purchase the food needed and etc.

Some years ago there was a booklet the same size as the patrol Leaders Handbook which described each position and what the position entailed.

Perhaps they have discontinued printing it since so much of everything is now on line.

When I was a SM many years ago, I liked to put the older Scouts who had more obligations in school and at school in positions like JASM or Instructor. I instructed them to attend meetings when they were able to without jeopardizing their academic work or athletics.

They still showed Scout Spirit and attended and assisted when they could. I ALWAYS carried eagle Scouts until they were 18, then registered them as an adult.

Many of the Scouts I had as youth members are now approaching their 50 year Veteran status.

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